Body-hanger for carriages



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. S. R. BAILEY. BODY HANGER FOR GARRIAGES.

No. 595,133. Patented Dec. 7 1897.

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S R BAILEY BODY HANGER FOR CARRIAGES.

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irnn STATES ATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL R. BAILEY, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

BODY-HANGER FOR CARRIAGES.

SPECIFIGA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,133, datedDecember 7, 1897.

Application filed March 18, 1897.

To all, whom it 711,051 concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Amesbury, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Body-HangerDevices for Carriages, of which the following, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in body-hanger devices forcarriages, and it is carried out as follows, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofthe invention. Fig. 2 represents a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3represents an end view seen from X in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents across-section on the line 4 4: shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 represents aside elevation of a carriage provided with my improved bodyhangerdevice.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedifferent parts of the drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a rigid connect-ion betweenthe body of the carriage and its supporting-springs by which the swayingof the carriage-body forward and aft is prevented,the connection beingso arranged with relation to the spring that it does not interfere withthe compression of the spring under heavy loads, as will hereinafter bemore fully shown and described.

In the drawings, Fig. 5, A represents a carriage-body as usual. B B arethe elliptic leafsprings, connected in any well-known manner to therespective axles of the forward and rear wheels G O, as is common invehicles.

My improved body hanger consists of a metal body-l0op D, secured to thetop of the leaf-spring by means of a lateral lip or flange (Z andsuitable fastening-bolts cl d, the arms of said body loop being arrangedat one side of said spring and clear thereof, as shown.

In one piece with the body-loop D are made the hanger-brackets D D,which are rigidly secured, preferably to the under side of the SerialNo. 828,107. (No model.)

carriage-body, by means of bolts or other suitable fastening devices.This device takes the place of the ordinary spring-bar and serves toestablish a most rigid connection between the carriage spring and body,as shown.

By having the body-loop D arranged on one side of and free of thecarriage-springs, as shown in the drawings, such springs may becompressed to their fullest extent Without interference with saidbody-100p, thus preventing the latter from striking or coming in contactwith the upper portion of the carriagespring during its closingmovement.

In using an ordinary spring-bar attached to the upper part of thecarriage-spring such spring-bar is liable to come in contact with thespring if the carriage is heavily loaded or jolted on an uneven road,street, or pavement, by which a free compression of the spring isprevented.

By having the body-loop arranged at one side of the spring, as hereinshown and described, I avoid the aforesaid objections and permit a freeaction of the spring without any contact with the body-loop.

What I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is- The combinationwith an elliptic spring, of a U -shaped body-loop provided centrallywith a forwardly-projecting lateral flange or lip secured to the upperleaf of the spring intermediate the ends of the latter, said body-loopbeing arranged in rear of and clear of said spring so as not to contacttherewith and the ends of said loop terminating in approximatelyvertical depending hangers provided with horizontally-extending bracketsconstructed for attachment to the body of the vehicle, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 16th day of March, A. D.1897.

SAMUEL R. BAILEY.

\Vitnesses:

ALBAN ANDREN, LAURITZ N. MoLLnR.

